tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33392896.post9042535818433937315..comments2023-09-01T07:24:53.969-07:00Comments on Creatively Self-Employed: Kristen http://www.blogger.com/profile/05814115452108698666noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33392896.post-13203259810723269202009-07-15T07:24:43.780-07:002009-07-15T07:24:43.780-07:00As a fellow New Jerseyan, I can especially appreci...As a fellow New Jerseyan, I can especially appreciate your willingness to work these kinds of things out peacefully ;)<br /><br />I've been freelancing for about 15 years, and I've had my share of non-paying clients, though much, much less recently. I think you get a lot better at sensing out those troublemakers over time.<br /><br />My worst client was the founder and owner of a multi-million dollar business. I launched his website and made a few rounds of revisions (and was paid for them), but eventually he requested changes that I made and billed for, but the payment never came.<br /><br />This client stopped taking my phone calls, didn't respond to e-mail and rejected a registered letter - all for a few hundred dollars. I wrote it off, and almost a full year later, I received a pathetic e-mail from the anonymous "info@" address on his site, asking how much money the company owed me. He never acknowledged it was him, and eventually sent a cashier's check because he needed another update. I waited for the check to arrive before sending him the source files to update on his own. He was not happy and threatened me (all from this anonymous e-mail address), demanding I remove his company from my site. I refused - in fact, I ignored him. <br /><br />And this wasn't even my worst client! I guess we all get them from time to time.Steve Spatuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03626831459003494327noreply@blogger.com